Miranda Weigler

Miranda Weigler

Democratic Party

Candidate, Governor of Oregon

Elections and appointments

Next election

May 19, 2026

Education

High school

Lincoln High School

Bachelor's

University of St. Andrews, 2004

Graduate

London School of Economics, 2008

Personal

Profession

Educator

Contact

Campaign website

Personal LinkedIn

Miranda Weigler (Democratic Party) is running for election for Governor of Oregon. Weigler declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on May 19, 2026.^[source]

Weigler completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Miranda Weigler earned a high school diploma from Lincoln High School, a bachelor's degree from the University of St. Andrews in 2004, and a graduate degree from the London School of Economics in 2008. Her career experience includes working as an educator.

Elections

2026

See also: Oregon gubernatorial election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for Governor of Oregon

Alexander Ziwahatan (Independent Party) and LaNicia Duke (Unaffiliated) are running in the general election for Governor of Oregon on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Alexander Ziwahatan (Independent Party)
		LaNicia Duke (Unaffiliated)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		Tina Kotek
		Forest Alexander
		James Atkinson
	Submit photo	Donnie Beckwith
	Submit photo	David Beem
		Brittany Jones
	Submit photo	Cal Kishawi
		Steve William Laible
	Submit photo	Tristan Sheppard
		Miranda Weigler

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Republican primary

Republican primary for Governor of Oregon

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for Governor of Oregon on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		Danielle Bethell
	Submit photo	Hope Dalrymple
		Ed Diehl
		Christine Drazan
		Chris Dudley
	Submit photo	Kyle Duyck
	Submit photo	Caleb Kintz
		Patrick Kopke-Hales
		David Medina
	Submit photo	Robert Neuman
		Brad T. Peters
		Matthew Piatt
		Paul Romero
	Submit photo	DeAngelo Turner
		Wen Waddell
		Martin Ward
	Submit photo	Tim Youker

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Burch (R)

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Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Miranda Weigler completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Weigler's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm Miranda Weigler — a writer, civic educator, mother, and lifelong Oregonian. I've spent two decades studying how political and economic systems work, why they so often fail the people they're supposed to serve, and what it would take to redesign them around real human lives.I've worked in cannabis policy, built civic education programs, and raised two kids while navigating the same housing, childcare, and economic pressures most Oregon families face. I'm not a career politician. I'm someone who got tired of waiting for the right moment and decided to show up anyway.I'm running for Governor because Oregon deserves a politics rooted in honesty, dignity, and the courage to do hard things — not just manage decline more efficiently.This campaign is also a public experiment: what happens when we make politics transparent, accessible, and designed for real people instead of insiders? The answer is at runninganyway.com.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Oregon's challenges aren't about effort or resources — they're about systems design. We have enough money, enough talent, and enough good intentions. What we lack is the political will to arrange them differently. I'm running to bring a different kind of thinking to the Governor's office: one that starts from outcomes, measures success by people helped rather than dollars accounted for, and treats dignity as a design requirement — not an afterthought.
• Oregon needs a new economic direction. We've been patching and adapting since the timber economy collapsed without a coherent vision for what comes next. I believe the regenerative economy — green manufacturing, care infrastructure, circular supply chains, plant medicine research, resilient local food systems — offers a real framework for Oregon's future. Not a slogan. A direction that builds on what Oregon already does uniquely well and competes for the industries of the next 50 years.

• Politics works better when it reflects how people actually live. This campaign is built around three ideas: name the real problem people are experiencing, state solutions in human terms, and treat policy mechanisms as tools — not the point. I'm not running to win arguments. I'm running to widen the conversation about what Oregon can be — and to show that a more honest, more human politics is possible right now, not someday.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The policy areas where systems most visibly fail real people: economic redesign and building a regenerative Oregon economy that works for working families and rural communities; care infrastructure — childcare, elder care, and family stability treated as economic infrastructure, not charity; cannabis policy and regulated markets; public health as a systems question, including harm reduction, the opioid crisis, and plant medicine research; juvenile justice and early intervention over punishment; political economy and aligning market incentives with long-term community wellbeing; and civic education — making politics legible and accessible to people who've been locked out by design.

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